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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (94012)	8/28/2012 2:30:46 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218710

see explanation: Message 28367291

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (94012)	8/28/2012 3:08:30 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 218710

The growth of coalitions with an incentive to try to capture a larger share of national income...The incentive to produce is diminished; the incentive to seek a larger share of what is produced increases. ... societies evolve in ways that favor the less talented, the weak, and the poor, but this is wrong. ... What loosely call intelligence, or aptitude for education, will probably be favored as much as or more than before because the articulate and educated have a comparative advantage in regulation, politics, and complex understandings. This, in turn, probably limits the extent to which intellectuals oppose their elaboration.